PL25 5LG

St Austell Central & Gover · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL25 5BA 27 m
PL25 5BG 27 m
PL25 5FA 27 m
PL25 5YE 27 m
PL25 5YS 27 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL25 5LG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 5
Latitude
50.336983
Longitude
-4.795030
British National Grid easting
201,200
British National Grid northing
52,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013080
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00182808
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 039A · E01019033
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 039 · E02003963

Postcode source versions

Explore PL25

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Pondhu Primary School

    Academy converter

    534 m
  2. Poltair School

    Academy sponsor led

    956 m
  3. Restormel Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,794
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 801
  • Anti social behaviour 213
  • Criminal damage and arson 200
  • Shoplifting 144
  • Public order 125

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL25 5 residents
6,346

Age bands in PL25 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

947 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

616 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

1,337 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

1,819 residents

Age 65 and over
23.5%

1,447 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    2.6 km

Nearby transport

  • White River Cinema

    BCT · St Austell

    0.0 miles
  • White River Cinema

    BCT · St Austell

    0.0 miles
  • South Street

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles
  • Moorland Road

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles
  • Moorland Road

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 039A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,609 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Pondhu Primary School is the nearest published school at 534 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,794 published events cover 12 months, averaging 149.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 801 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.